About vertical.solar and Over Easy Solar
Started by Over Easy Solar in January 2022, vertical.solar was originally a research project started to develop data and knowledge necessary for the first commercial vertical solar rooftop product in the world: the lightweight, vertically mounted bifacial VPV unit.
Through the project, we have developed leading knowledge about vertical bifacial solar installations, ranging from solar panel design, mounting structure design, energy yield simulations and wind simulations, to testing and certification. We partner up with leading research partners in the field of PV: Institute for Energy Technology, Fraunhofer ISE and others.
Milestones
Initial PVsyst model developed and verified for OES VPV product
Wind tunnel tests and analysis done
Computational fluid dynamics simulations performed
Energy yield results presented at the Norwegian Solar Cell Conference in Son, Norway
First LCA analysis done on VPV system
Hail testing and simulation of mechanical strain from wind load on mounting structure
Modeling and energy yield results presented
Own energy yield simulation model for VPV installations launched
Our vertical bifacial solar experts
Trygve Mongstad
Solar energy specialist and CEO of Over Easy Solar
Sean Erik Foss
Solar materials specialist and Head of R&D in Over Easy Solar
Gunnar Havnås
Product designer
Aria Yadmelat
Solar supply chain specialist
Maria Guardo
Solar engineer
Tommy Engvik
Product development specialist
Research installations across Europe
Since 2021 we have installed and monitored vertical solar research installations from Tromsø in the north of Norway to Alicante in Spain, gathering energy yield data across a wide range of latitudes and climates.
Get in touch
Contact us if you have an interest in a collaboration on vertical bifacial solar installations.